minor vs changeling

changeling vs minor

minor and changeling both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but changeling is not an adjective.

minor is a verb but changeling is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
changeling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, changeling is a hyponym of minor; that is, changeling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than minor:

minor: a young person of either sex
changeling: a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

Other hyponyms of minor include bairn, buster, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

minor (noun)	changeling (noun)
a young person of either sex	a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
	a person of subnormal intelligence

minor (adjective)	changeling (adjective)
inferior in number or size or amount
lesser in scope or effect
not of legal age
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
of lesser importance or stature or rank
of lesser seriousness or danger
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
relatively moderate, limited, or small
warranting only temporal punishment

minor (verb)	changeling (verb)
have as one's secondary field of study

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